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Contemporary Relevance

Battle for the Crown: Mythical VS Real





On June 5 2010, precisely 5:49 pm, a big event started in the middle of the Looking glass land. It was Mr. Lion vs Mr. Unicorn, why you ask? They are battling for the crown of the White King, it obvious that this wasn’t endorsed by the King himself but what can he do? They fight began with some trash talking in which Mr. Lion bragged that he was the King of the Jungle and therefore be the King. Mr. Unicorn obviously replied by saying “Lions obviously don’t live in the jungle.” The Lion yelled back “Well at least I’m real!” As I recall the crowd behind them said “OH BURN!” but the Unicorn in all of his cunning and wit replied back “I am real, I’m standing before you.” The Lion became furious and lunged at the Unicorn but the Unicorn managed to avoid by sidestepping very quickly. Unicorn said "So that's how you wanna play!" The Unicorn lowered it's head and lunged its horn and scratched the Lion's face and knocking off his monocle. Things start to get fiesty after took swings at each other. At one point the Lion has the Unicorn on the ground but the Unicorn managed to get the Lion off him. It was a epic struggle indeed. The King didn't want others to get hurt so he asked his subjects to come up with some sort of compromise to end this uneeded power struggle. The King then told one of hi subjects to go fetch a cake of anykind. After about 15 minutes he returned and gave the cake to the king. the King then shouted: Stop this meaningless bloodshed and lets sit down and have a compromise. Lion and Unicorn stopped for a while and then said fine. They later discussed more important matters. Then the Unicorn said " Well White King who do you think is the better creature?" The King was scared to answer. What will he say? What will he do?

Contemporary relevance

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Two civilians have recently reported that they have spotted the young missing girl from 133 Wither dr. There names are Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They said that they were just hanging out beside this tree when they noticed some little girl run up from behind them panting and gasping for air. She said to them that she was lost and needed to find the red king so they sent her off in the correct direction. Later on they realized that the girl they had just spoken to was the missing girl! So now we have all of our forces out searching for her in the direction Tweedledum and Tweedledee sent her. We also ran into a magical cat who refused to share his name and he clamed to have seen the girl but he would not tell anyone where he saw her. He said he saw her in his head, so police got suspicious and checked up on this cat. Later that day the cat was arrested for several hundred pounds of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.
Any news on her where abouts please call 1 800 mystical finders. The reward is 1000 free roses!! So get searching!!
Reported by: johnny thejewburger –AIW news

Analysis of style and srtructure

Lewis Carroll is truly an amazing writer for all ages. She uses techniques that will keep young children interested and also will keep adults asking for more. She uses a series of symbols, pictures, words, phrases, and interesting writing skills. She uses one theme for her books and for Alice in wonderland I believe that it is magical because, well, the whole book has to do with magic, besides I don’t think anyone would be able to fit through a key whole without a little magic or I don’t think its possible for cats and a deck of cards to walk and talk.
If that was not enough proof here is a quote from the book “iv never seen any animal speak or talk to me, I must be dreaming, or perhaps in a comma”. This quote was Alice speaking to herself when she first meets the white rabbit. Another quote was “I’ve never seen a card alive, iv only played with them on my spare time”. This was Alice speaking to herself when she meets the queen of hearts.
Lewis like to use techniques that will keep you guessing and techniques that will always keep you puzzled, in a way that will make you keep reading to try and figure out what the solution will be.
Many people would give up on her books because they are to confusing but for people like me, who enjoy mystery, her writing is perfect.

Analysis of setting

The setting of the section that I was assigned seemed to be similar to the setting of the rest of the book.(Ancient times) It seemed to be a magical place in which imagination was the influence or theme of design. Alice, just as before, keeps discovering new creatures and new places that she has never seen or been in before. The interesting thing about it is that as she gets older, or as she stays longer in wonderland , the setting seems to modernize in a way. It almost seems to be developing into a newer age, but as wonderland may develop the magical creatures never seems to leave or become less magical.
In the beginning of my section alice finds herself in a new area and finds herself at the feet of two new “funky” characters named Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Then after conversing with them for a while she finds herself with the red king.(The red king is the king of the new land she has entered) Throughout my designated section the scenery always seems to be between two major themes which are a forest and a beach.
The setting in this book is truly what kept me interested because the author made so much attention to detail that you can almost picture it in your head as your reading. Now that to me is awesome.

Most Memorable Moment

The most memorable part of my section is the part when Alice first runs into Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Not only do I remember this because it is the first part of which I had to read but also because the two characters seemed to pop out at me and I could not seem to take my attention away from them. It had something to with their appetence and their almost matching names. Its as if they are mirroring images of one another.
Another thing that made me remember this part of the novel was the poem that they recited to each other after Alice was finished introducing herself. It reminded me of a story that I had heard in grade four. Tweedledum and Tweedledee introduce Alice into this new part of wonderland and also lead her to the red king. They try to convince alice that the king is dreaming and if she stops dancing that she will vanish. Alice later comes to her senses and realizes that they are trying to fool her so as she trys to walk away they grab her and try to distract her from going to the king.
I honestly don’t know one hundred percent why this specific part stuck in my head but as I said before it must have something to do with those two twins, Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Questioning and Critical Thinking

1. Why do you think the author used a chess rules to tell the story?

2. Why did the Unicorn quickly change his mind after Haiga called Alice a child?
How did Alice reply?

3. Why was the King so nervous when he saw these creatures?

4. In this story the author said that an outside force was helping Alice all along, for ex The White Knight saving Alice. Who or What do you think that outside force is?

5. Why do you think the White characters and the Red characters have opposite personalities from each other?

Analysis of Setting and Structure

In the story Through the Looking glass the story is told in a metaphor for fate. They use chess rules in the story which in the end Alice becomes the Queen. With the framework of the chess game, Alice has no control to what happens, and outside forces influence her choices and actions. Just as Alice exerts little control of her movement toward becoming a queen, she has no power over her maturation and acceptance of womanhood. At the beginning of the game, Alice acts as a pawn with limited knowledge of the world around her. She has no power to influence outcomes and does not understand the rules of the game, so an outside force guides her along her journey, making different situations and encounters that push her along toward her goal. Though she wants to become a queen, she must follow the rules of the chess game, and she discovers that every step she takes toward her goal occurs because of outside forces acting upon her, such as the mysterious train ride and her rescue by the White Knight. By using the chess game as the guiding principle, Carroll suggests that a larger force guides individuals through life and that all events are preordained. Carroll was trying to imply that someone is watching us and helping us make decisions. Like Alice we don’t have control of our fate right now and we can only do what we can to stay on the right path. This is what the story implies.

Analysis of Setting

Alice comes across the White King, who explains to her that he has sent all of his horses and men and has claimed to put the broken Humpty Dumpty back together again. The King’s messenger Haigha approaches and tells everyone that the Lion and the Unicorn are doing battle in the town. Alice leaves with her new friends toward the town to watch the battle. They catch up with another of the King’s messengers, Hatta. The Lion and Unicorn stop battling and the White King calls for refreshments to be served. The White King tells Alice to cut the cake, but she finds that every time she slices the cake the pieces fuse back together. The Unicorn instructs Alice that Looking-glass cakes must be passed around first before they are sliced. Alice distributes the cake, but before they begin eating, a great noise interrupts, and when Alice looks up, she finds herself alone again. After everyone had disappeared The Red Knight comes up to Alice and takes her as a prisoner. The White Knight arrives at to save Alice and beats the Red Knight. Alice and the White Knight walk and talk about random things. He promises to bring her safely to the last square where she will become a queen. As they walk, he tells her about all of his inventions before sending her off. She crosses the final brook and finds herself sitting on the bank with a crown on her head. Alice finds herself in the company of the Red Queen and the White Queen, who question her before falling asleep in her lap. Alice discovers a castle with a huge door marked “Queen Alice” Alice goes through the door and finds a huge banquet in her honor. After the banquet later wakes up from her dream with Kitty in her hands and wonder if all those adventure were real.

"Most Memorable Moment" Journal

The most memorable part I remember from reading my section is when Alice met the Unicorn. She said that Unicorns were such fabulous monsters and her and the unicorn repeated several times. This shows how girls Alice’s age like things like Unicorns, dolls and most animals. That why she is getting along with every animal/monster in this book. Most girls would be scared just looking at them. She even met a caterpillar with no eyes smoking a pipe which is very interesting. Later on in the story the Lion and the Unicorn think that they can beat each other in taking the crown. They insult each other until the King interrupts them. The Unicorn called the Lion a chicken which is funny because Lions are supposed to be fierce animals but in this case a Lion was made fun of by a mythical creature. In the Looking-glass the Lion is very tamed creature and wears a monocle. The Unicorn is also wearing some funny clothes which makes it more interesting. Not to mention, that when Alice first heard the Unicorn talk she giggled like a little girl and smiled at the unicorn. Then she goes on to say that Unicorns are such fabulous monsters. Alice also goes on to say "If you believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" Which is such a girly thing to say in my opinion. I don't blame Alice because her character is supposed to be a well-manner English girl from a rich family. Alice is an ideal eight-year old girl. When I first read this passage, the first thing that came to mind was Alice being an ideal little girl. She obviously falls in love with the Unicorn and giggles when seeing it. After that when the Unicorn was arguing with the Lion I also thought that Alice was cheering on the Unicorn since it was her favourite animal which I'm assuming. In conclusion, in my section this was the only moment that caught my attention because Alice wasn't her well-mannered self , actually showing her girly side and light use of humor.

Character Analysis

Alice is a child who was raised in a wealthy household and is interested in good manners. Alice treats others with kindness and courtesy, as shown in her various encounters with the creatures. She has an active imagination but to fix everything in the world around her. Alice fights to understand the awesome dream world that has sprung from her own imagination; Alice becomes more mature in the book. It transforms into a game of chess, in which her growth into womanhood becomes an adventure to become a queen.

Red Queen is overbearing, overly obsessive about manners, and self-righteous. Like the majority of the characters in Through the Looking-Glass, the Red Queen makes statements with little regard for logic that would support them. Her comments are mostly basic behavioral advice, such as, “Speak when you’re spoken to!” When Alice reveals that most of her comments don’t make any sense the Red Queen just reminds Alice of her authority. She fits into the framework of Alice’s dream as a strict authority.

White Knight jumps in at a moment of crisis to rescue Alice from the hands of the Red Knight, before he helpfully escorts her to the point at which she no longer needs protection and can claim her new title of queen. As he guides her, he is calling attention to the idea of Alice’s transformation into a queen as a metaphor for her maturation into womanhood. The White Knight represents a figure from her childhood who can bring her to the point at which she reaches adulthood before he must let go.

Quotations
Alice: “Thank you very much.” Alice said. “May I help you off with your helmet?”
This shows how well-mannered Alice is. This is after the frightening Red Knight had kidnapped her. The White Knight came to help her and he defeated the red knight. With much politeness Alice thanks him.

Red Queen: “It’s time for you to speak now.” The Queen said as she looked her watch. “Open your mouth much wider when you speak and always say ‘your Majesty’.”
Since the Queen’s logic is completely messed up it is hard to explain this because she thinks that Alice can only speak at certain “times.” Anything else she says are based on behavioral advice.

White Knight: “I see you’re admiring my little box.” The Knight said in a friendly voice. “It’s my own invention- to keep clothes and sandwiches in. You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain doesn’t get in.”
You see his heart is in the right place but like most characters of this book- they don’t make any sense. How can you keep a open box upside and expect things to say in? Well the characters of his book might think otherwise.